WASHINGTON, D.C. — As President Biden and his Administration work to lower costs for working families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary XavierBecerra announced the release of $100 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to help families pay their outstanding heating and cooling bills. This funding comes on top of investment in the […]
JEFFERSON CITY — Today, Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft is celebrating National Poll Worker Recruitment Day and urging Missourians to sign up to be a poll worker for upcoming elections throughout 2022. “While often overlooked, poll workers are vital to our democracy and I want to thank them for their hard work,” Ashcroft said.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Chair of the House Suburban Caucus, released the following statement after she reintroduced the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA), legislation that would ban discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex. “Sex-selection abortions overwhelmingly target girls, and PRENDA would make it a federal crime to perform a
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By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. — One year. This week marked Joe Biden’s first anniversary in the White House. And no matter how rosy of a picture he tries to paint about the state of our nation; no matter how many times he tries to shift blame to Republicans despite his party
WASHINGTON – At the weekly Republican leadership press conference Wednesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, called out Democrats on their ever-shifting rationale for pursuing a partisan, federal takeover of elections. As Blunt noted, Democrats have pushed similar election legislation for decades, inventing a
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which has jurisdiction over election legislation, delivered the following remarks this evening ahead of the failed votes on the Senate rules change and Democrats’ election takeover legislation. Blunt rebutted the false narrative Democrats used to justify
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Congressman Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) released the following statements after they introduced the Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act, legislation to reduce demand for sex trafficking worldwide. “The pandemic has exacerbated sex trafficking across the United States and in nations across the globe.
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By Jason Smith, member of Congress Since our nation’s founding, American elections have all featured some basic, commonsense rules. Americans – not foreigners, non-citizens, or illegal immigrants – are granted the right to choose our leaders. That’s why folks are asked to show identification when they go to the polls. We elect those leaders
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Missouri Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, led a letter to NBC calling on the network to air all footage of human rights protests during the 2022 Winter Olympics. Dictatorial governments have historically used the Olympics to legitimize their regimes and soften criticism of human
WASHINGTON – In an interview today on Fox News, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) discussed Democrats’ attempt to federalize elections, the Supreme Court’s recent decision on vaccine mandates, and record high inflation levels hurting working families. CLICK HERE to Watch Blunt’s Remarks Following Are Excerpts of Blunt’s Interview: On Democrats’ Attempt to
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